Reposted by Rewire News GroupImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026New Baby Boom! Lawyered: In a SCOTUS filing this week, Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas likened the mailing of abortion pills to mailing anthrax or mail bombs. (Only one of those has FDA approval.) The ban states are challenging New York, California, and Massachusetts' telehealth shield laws. 49649
Reposted by Rewire News GroupImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026The ban states are making a fetal personhood argument about injury to their residents. I walk through why the ban states’ claims echo the Fugitive Slave Act— and why Black women have always paid the price when this country fights over who counts as a person. New Baby Boom! Lawyered. Out now.youtube.comWhat Happens If SCOTUS Orders Blue States To Respect Fetal Personhood?YouTube video by Rewire News Group 16827
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 02/10/2026Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access, to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice. Here's the latest.buff.lyAnti-Abortion States Ask Supreme Court To Nullify Shield Laws in Blue StatesThe laws protect providers who mail abortion medication to patients in other states. Plus, Arkansas' abortion ban is in court, and medical society urges OB-GYNs to protect their high-risk pregnant… 0126
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 01/10/2026Have a listen.youtube.comThe Constitution: A Scam by Rich White Men, for Rich White MenYouTube video by Rewire News Group 064
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 01/10/2026Now it’s down to a Listener’s Choice vote, which is where you come in! Takes two minutes. Make an account, cast your vote, and you’re done. Voting closes October 15.vote.signalaward.comThe Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOUI just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too. 142
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 01/10/2026B*tch, Listen with @angryblacklady.blacksky.app just earned a 2026 Signal Award nomination for “The Constitution: A Scam by Rich White Men, for Rich White Men” featuring special guest with Elie Mystal! The episode is up for Individual Episode in the Activism, Public Service & Social Impact category. 2269
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 01/10/2026Black women are 40% more likely than white women to die from breast cancer, even when diagnosed at the same stage. Read why this gap exists and what Black women need to know about screenings, access, and their care options.rewirenewsgroup.comWhy Black Women Are More Likely To Die of Breast Cancer: An Oncologist ExplainsHere's what you need to know to talk to your doctor about your breast cancer risk and available screening options. 01918
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 30/09/2026There isn't a single trans woman in the WNBA. In 2024, the NCAA estimated fewer than 10 of its 510,000 athletes were trans—about 0.002%, or 1 in 51,000. Yet trans athletes are a defining culture war issue of the 2026 midterms. It's a manufactured panic, writes @angryblacklady.blacksky.app.rewirenewsgroup.comThe Panic Over Trans Athletes is Fake: OpinionRepublicans have manufactured a crisis in women’s sports, just in time for the midterm elections. Democrats should find the courage to defend trans children—or at the very least, leave them alone. 13314
Reposted by Rewire News GroupCatesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"This is a ginned up trans panic, brought to you by Republicans who know that if you can manipulate public opinion on the culture war issue du jour, you can distract people from the economic issues that actually matter to them: outrageous gas prices and barely affordable groceries."rewirenewsgroup.comThe Panic Over Trans Athletes is Fake: OpinionRepublicans have manufactured a crisis in women’s sports, just in time for the midterm elections. Democrats should find the courage to defend trans children—or at the very least, leave them alone. 0137
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 29/09/2026New episode of Baby Boom! Lawyered with @angryblacklady.blacksky.app, out now. The law without the lecture.youtu.beSCOTUS Did Something Nice for Black Voters in Missouri. I Know.YouTube video by Rewire News Group 0133
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 29/09/2026The Supreme Court just said no—for the third time—to Missouri Republicans trying to change Kansas City's voting map. The current map keeps KC's Black community together in one district. The map Republicans wanted would've split it along Troost Avenue, KC's historic racial dividing line. 1268
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 29/09/2026Melissa Carman is a certified professional midwife who was arrested in 2020 for attending home births in New York State, where CPMs like her can’t legally practice. Pregnant people are driving three hours to reach her. Hospitals are closing. A new PBS doc tells her story.rewirenewsgroup.com‘Arrest the Midwife’: Amish and Mennonite Families Defend Their Birth Workers in New DocWhen several New York midwives were arrested in 2020, it spurred these rural religious communities into political activism—and inspired a PBS film. Rewire News Group interviewed a midwife who was crim... 0176
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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 28/09/2026We asked the room at our panel with @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social and @msmagazine.com to finish the sentence: "Independent journalism matters because…" Their answers say it all. Let us know how you would finish it in the comments. #independentjournalism #rewirenewsgroup 1125
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 28/09/2026Tennessee's AG is demanding Planned Parenthood turn over donor details, provider info, and patient medical records, including from minors. Planned Parenthood is asking a court to toss the demand as "unlawful" and "intrusive." Abortion Care Tennessee also received a similar demand.rewirenewsgroup.comPlanned Parenthood Files Legal Challenge to Investigation, Document Demands by Tennessee AGPlanned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi revealed it is the subject of a wide-ranging state probe involving gender-affirming care and medication abortion; it is one of at least two Tennes... 22217
Reposted by Rewire News GroupImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026The Trump DOJ has been going after med schools as part of his anti-DEI crusade. Its latest target? UCSF. Apparently, asking applicants how race shaped their lives is discrimination now—even though SCOTUS said schools could consider exactly that. Baby Boom! Lawyered. Wherever you get your podcasts. 116159
Reposted by Rewire News GroupImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026Watch the latest episode of Baby Boom! Lawyered here:youtu.beMake Med School White AgainYouTube video by Rewire News Group 05114
Reposted by Rewire News GroupCatesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Standing room only, baby! 072
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 25/09/2026Thank you to everyone who showed up and showed out! And to our incredible panelists, Hope Pisoni, @jweisswolf.bsky.social, and @cameronoakes.bsky.social, plus moderator @malloryjohns.bsky.social, and to Ginger's for hosting us. 040
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 25/09/2026Last night at Ginger's Bar in Brooklyn, Rewire joined @msmagazine.com and @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social for a panel on why reproductive rights and LGBTQ+ issues aren't "niche" topics—covering these communities is our journalistic duty. (PS: it sold out!) 1269
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 25/09/2026🤔 Have a question for Martha? Ask away: editorial@rewirenewsgroup.com 020
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 25/09/2026Yes, female genital and pelvic anatomy has three holes. No, the prostate is not in the penis. Consider this your real sex ed—mythbusted. Our sex columinst Martha Kempner answers the body questions you've been too embarrassed to ask.rewirenewsgroup.comYes, You Can Pee If You’re Wearing A Tampon, and Other Basics of Human AnatomyWhen it comes to our bodies, there are no stupid questions—just bad sex ed, writes sex columnist Martha Kempner. 2179
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 24/09/2026There's no trans woman in the WNBA. Still, Sophie Cunningham, Enes Kanter Freedom, and Caitlin Clark’s "fans" act like it's collapsing. @portianoir.bsky.social joins @angryblacklady.blacksky.app to dig into why—and where Imani's own theory fell short.youtube.comThe Athletes Up In Arms Over A Nonexistent Trans WNBA PlayerYouTube video by Rewire News Group 36725
Reposted by Rewire News GroupMia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Lindsay Clancy trial should have been an open & shut case of insanity but the prosecution exposed the way the legal system criminalizes motherhood when tragedies happen as a result of psychosis, accident, or illness. My latest for @rewirenewsgroup.com rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/09/23/l...rewirenewsgroup.comLindsay Clancy Case Exposes How We Criminalize the Tragedies of Motherhood: AnalysisA mistrial may have been the right outcome here. But moms of dead children tend to be harshly judged, even when they've done nothing wrong. Mia Brett traces the legal history of assuming maternal guil... 23710
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 23/09/2026Read the latest column, and be sure to sign up for The Fallout newsletter.rewirenewsgroup.comThe FalloutThe new Fallout: Smart, timely law and policy commentary—with a feminist twist. 020
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 23/09/2026Lindsey Clancy’s criminal trial for allegedly killing her children has sparked debate about postpartum psychosis. Some feel a new mom who tried futilely to get mental health care deserves mercy; others condemn her as a killer. The law tends to judge mothers harshly, writes @queenmab.bsky.social.rewirenewsgroup.comLindsay Clancy Case Exposes How We Criminalize the Tragedies of Motherhood: AnalysisA mistrial may have been the right outcome here. But moms of dead children tend to be harshly judged, even when they've done nothing wrong. Mia Brett traces the legal history of assuming maternal guil... 5196
Reposted by Rewire News GroupCatesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I couldn't handle watching the Clancy trial. I'm a mom not so far out from postpartum, and I just...couldn't. But I also run a newsroom that covers reproductive justice and knew we had to cover this tragic case--properly. I knew @queenmab.bsky.social would bring the necessary nuanced & critical eyerewirenewsgroup.comLindsay Clancy Case Exposes How We Criminalize the Tragedies of Motherhood: AnalysisA mistrial may have been the right outcome here. But moms of dead children tend to be harshly judged, even when they've done nothing wrong. Mia Brett traces the legal history of assuming maternal guil... 3153
Reposted by Rewire News GroupImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026Tierra Walker should be alive. She thought her pregnancy was killing her—then it did. She asked for an abortion. None of the 90-plus doctors involved in her care even offered her one. Her son found her dead on December 30, 2024. Now her family is suing. New Baby Boom! Lawyered. Out now.youtube.comTierra Walker Died Under Texas's Abortion Ban. Now Her Family Is SuingYouTube video by Rewire News Group 227391
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 23/09/2026Watch here.youtu.beTierra Walker Died Under Texas's Abortion Ban. Now Her Family Is SuingYouTube video by Rewire News Group 1146
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 23/09/2026Tierra Walker worried her pregnancy would kill her. Then it did. None of the ninety doctors involved in her care offered her an abortion. Watch @angryblacklady.blacksky.app break down the finger pointing likely to ensue between her doctors and Texas officials in this episode of Baby Boom! Lawyered. 43019
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 22/09/2026One in six Filipino women surveyed after the Maui wildfires said they felt forced into "survival sex" for food and housing. It's a pattern that repeats, yet Trump's FY2027 budget cuts funding to survivor orgs. A new bipartisan bill aims to add DV resources to FEMA's response. From @19thnews.org.rewirenewsgroup.comCould Disaster Recovery Include Protecting Women From Domestic Abuse and Exploitation?Proposed legislation would strengthen FEMA’s response to gender-based violence, an issue advocates say is often overlooked after natural disasters. 03219
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 21/09/2026RSVP here!eventbrite.comTruth on the Rocks: Queer & Feminist Media in 2026Queer communities and women need to know how constantly-changing laws and culture affect them. Information can be hard to find. 020
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 21/09/2026Join Rewire News Group, @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social, and @msmagazine.com at the iconic Brooklyn lesbian bar Ginger’s this Thursday! 197
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 21/09/2026Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access, to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice. Here's the latest from the past week.rewirenewsgroup.comVirginians Begin Voting: Abortion and Marriage Equality Are on the BallotPlus, the EPA will test drinking water for abortion pills, and why SCOTUS may weigh in on a multi-state surrogacy fight. 092
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 18/09/2026The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 5 just dropped. Taylor Frankie Paul's domestic violence allegations? Barely mentioned. @natasharoy.bsky.social watched the whole thing and now has some questions about why that leaked video—and additional accusations—were never mentioned.rewirenewsgroup.comWhy Did ‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ New Season Dodge Allegations of Star’s Domestic Violence?Analysis: Fans expected the show, which long embraced controversy and difficult conversations, to address the disturbing allegations against Taylor Frankie Paul. Instead, it delivered a nothingburger. 057
Reposted by Rewire News GroupNatasha Roy @natasharoy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I wrote about feeling crazy that the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives didn't address any of Taylor Frankie Paul's domestic violence cases and what it means for the show to continue platforming her @rewirenewsgroup.com rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/09/18/m...rewirenewsgroup.comWhy Did ‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ New Season Dodge Allegations of Star’s Domestic Violence?Analysis: Fans expected the show, which long embraced controversy and difficult conversations, to address the disturbing allegations against Taylor Frankie Paul. Instead, it delivered a nothingburger. 055
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 18/09/2026The answer: the shadow docket. Watch this Office Hours episode of Baby Boom! Lawyered with @angryblacklady.blacksky.app Out now!youtu.beWhat Is the Shadow Docket and Why Should You Care?YouTube video by Rewire News Group 071
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 18/09/2026If the Supreme Court’s next term doesn't start until October, why has the Court issued a torrent of important rulings on things like mail-in ballots while it's supposed to be on break? 12510
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 18/09/2026Tierra Walker died at 37 from hypertensive cardiovascular disease with preeclampsia at 20 weeks pregnant after Texas doctors denied her a life-saving abortion. Her family is now suing Ken Paxton and others, calling Texas's abortion ban unconstitutional. The lawsuit is the first of its kind.rewirenewsgroup.comTierra Walker Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion. Her Family Is Suing Ken Paxton.The case argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. constitutions. It is the first lawsuit over a death linked to an abortion ban. 315159
Reposted by Rewire News GroupCameron Oakes @cameronoakes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Abstinence, alignment reviews, and an emphasis on fertility and ovulation monitoring—all criteria on pause since a federal judge blocked the Trump admin's overhaul of the teen pregnancy prevention grant program. rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/09/16/t...rewirenewsgroup.comNYC Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program In Limbo After Trump Funding Cuts: ‘Complete Shock’HHS abruptly cancelled $68 million in grants for dozens of sex education initiatives, forcing Children's Aid to lay off staff and cancel programming. 164
Reposted by Rewire News GroupCatesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 16/09/2026$68m won't start a war in Iran, but it has contributed to a record drop in teen pregnancy since 2010, when HHS began funding this sex-ed program. Now Trump has canceled the grants. @cameronoakes.bsky.social interviewed a teen sex educator and a group that lost its $ about why good sex ed matters.rewirenewsgroup.comNYC Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program In Limbo After Trump Funding Cuts: ‘Complete Shock’HHS abruptly cancelled $68 million in grants for dozens of sex education initiatives, forcing Children's Aid to lay off staff and cancel programming. 098
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 16/09/2026The program has had bipartisan support since 2009, and Congress last reauthorized it in February 2026. "It's been wildly successful," said senior policy analyst Christina Piecora. Data suggests pregnancy has dropped 78% between 2007 and 2025 for teens aged 15–17. ✍️ @cameronoakes.bsky.socialrewirenewsgroup.comNYC Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program In Limbo After Trump Funding Cuts: ‘Complete Shock’HHS abruptly cancelled $68 million in grants for dozens of sex education initiatives, forcing Children's Aid to lay off staff and cancel programming. 0145
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 16/09/2026The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services abruptly canceled $68M in teen pregnancy prevention funding, two years early—cutting off a grant to Children's Aid, which serves 1,200 NYC students a year with sex ed on consent and healthy relationships. 12714
Reposted by Rewire News GroupImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 15/09/2026In 1971, SCOTUS said a neutral policy can still be discrimination if it disproportionately harms Black workers. Under Trump, the EEOC has abandoned this disparate impact liability standard, the DOJ has attacked it, and “reverse discrimination” claims may get easier. New Baby Boom! Lawyered. Out now. 414764
Reposted by Rewire News GroupImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 15/09/2026Watch the full episode here:m.youtube.comTrump Is Making It Easier to Discriminate Against Black Workers (Imani Explains it All)YouTube video by Rewire News Group 04815
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 15/09/2026Texas Senate candidate James Talarico now opposes trans student-athletes in girls' sports "if it endangers safety or fairness"—a shift from his past stance against GOP restrictions on trans athletes. Read more about his new comments. From @texastribune.org.rewirenewsgroup.comIn Reversal, James Talarico Says He Opposes Trans Athletes in Girls’ Sports ‘If it Risks Safety or Fairness’Talarico’s comments on Fox News came in contrast to positions he took in the Texas House opposing GOP restrictions on trans student-athletes. 571
Reposted by Rewire News GroupCatesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Just dropping this here in case the EPA cares to read up on mifepristonerewirenewsgroup.comNo, Abortion Pills Are Not Poisoning Your Drinking WaterOpinion: A new GOP bill would require patients to collect their “medical waste” after a medication abortion, supposedly to protect the environment. That’s deliberate, strategic disinformation. 1164
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 14/09/2026Our Rewire Weekly newsletter is your one-stop shop for all RNG's journalism, delivered every Friday. Sign up to get it in your inbox at the link below.rewirenewsgroup.comRewire News Group Newsletters – Rewire News GroupSign up here for RNG's newsletters: AngryBlackLady Chronicles by Imani Gandy, Rewire Weekly, the Fallout, and the Uplift (because, yes, good reproductive justice news still exists). 020
Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 14/09/2026Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access, to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice. Here's the latest from the past week.rewirenewsgroup.comIndiana Supreme Court Hears Religious Freedom Challenge to State Abortion LawPlus, oral arguments were heard in the landmark abortion pill case <em>Louisiana v. FDA</em>, and abortion rights ballot initiative will be decided by Idaho voters this fall. 2156